Python script in cgi-bin is not returning anything!

alaister · February 21, 2021

This script is copied from this tutorial: https://wiki.helionet.org/tutorials/discord-bot
My script: https://alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

#!/usr/bin/python3.7

print("Content-Type: text/html\n\n")

import os, subprocess, signal

counter = 0
p = subprocess.Popen(['ps', '-u', 'lj'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
out, err = p.communicate()

for line in out.splitlines():
  if 'alaisterbot.py'.encode('utf-8') in line:
    counter += 1
    print("Discord bot is already online!")

if counter == 0:
  subprocess.Popen("/home/lj/alaisterbot.py")
  print("Starting Discord bot...")

When I open the file in the browser, it doesn't even return anything. No errors. Just a blank white page. I expect it shows 'starting discord bot' or 'bot is already online'. The discord bot is also offline after running this. Please help.

Server: Tommy
cPanel username: lj

Edited February 22, 2021 by alaister

Luigi123 · February 21, 2021

Did you make sure that you have set up the permissions to 755 for every .py files?

alaister · February 22, 2021

Yes, I have already set the permissions of start_bot.py, stop_bot.py, and alaisterbot.py to 755. ~~I have also checked that no errors are reported by cPanel.~~

Edit: errors found!

My file really exists: https://imgur.com/MVk9YkW

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:51.470823 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 58144] [client 162.158.179.21:29438] AH01215: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/lj/alaisterbot.py': '/home/lj/alaisterbot.py': /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:51.470442 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 58144] [client 162.158.179.21:29438] AH01215: raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename): /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:51.470252 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 58144] [client 162.158.179.21:29438] AH01215: File "/usr/local/python3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 1522, in _execute_child: /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:51.470002 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 58144] [client 162.158.179.21:29438] AH01215: restore_signals, start_new_session): /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:51.469874 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 58144] [client 162.158.179.21:29438] AH01215: File "/usr/local/python3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 775, in __init__: /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:51.469544 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 58144] [client 162.158.179.21:29438] AH01215: subprocess.Popen("/home/lj/alaisterbot.py"): /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:51.469397 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 58144] [client 162.158.179.21:29438] AH01215: File "/home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py", line 17, in <module>: /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:51.469079 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 58144] [client 162.158.179.21:29438] AH01215: Traceback (most recent call last):: /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:35.093525 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 60240] [client 162.158.179.21:11462] AH01215: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/lj/alaisterbot.py': '/home/lj/alaisterbot.py': /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:35.093227 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 60240] [client 162.158.179.21:11462] AH01215: raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename): /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:35.093049 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 60240] [client 162.158.179.21:11462] AH01215: File "/usr/local/python3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 1522, in _execute_child: /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:35.092815 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 60240] [client 162.158.179.21:11462] AH01215: restore_signals, start_new_session): /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:35.092698 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 60240] [client 162.158.179.21:11462] AH01215: File "/usr/local/python3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 775, in __init__: /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:35.092451 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 60240] [client 162.158.179.21:11462] AH01215: subprocess.Popen("/home/lj/alaisterbot.py"): /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:35.092313 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 60240] [client 162.158.179.21:11462] AH01215: File "/home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py", line 17, in <module>: /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:35.092006 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 60240] [client 162.158.179.21:11462] AH01215: Traceback (most recent call last):: /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 01:02:11.489075 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 41533] [client 172.68.254.39:15194] AH01215: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/lj/alaisterbot.py': '/home/lj/alaisterbot.py': /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 01:02:11.488793 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 41533] [client 172.68.254.39:15194] AH01215: raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename): /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 01:02:11.488651 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 41533] [client 172.68.254.39:15194] AH01215: File "/usr/local/python3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 1522, in _execute_child: /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 01:02:11.488444 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 41533] [client 172.68.254.39:15194] AH01215: restore_signals, start_new_session): /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 01:02:11.488353 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 41533] [client 172.68.254.39:15194] AH01215: File "/usr/local/python3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 775, in __init__: /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 01:02:11.488183 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 41533] [client 172.68.254.39:15194] AH01215: subprocess.Popen("/home/lj/alaisterbot.py"): /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 01:02:11.488075 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 41533] [client 172.68.254.39:15194] AH01215: File "/home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py", line 17, in <module>: /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 01:02:11.487820 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 41533] [client 172.68.254.39:15194] AH01215: Traceback (most recent call last):: /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py

[Mon Feb 22 02:22:51.470823 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 58144] [client 162.158.179.21:29438] AH01215: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/lj/alaisterbot.py': '/home/lj/alaisterbot.py': /home/lj/public_html/domains/alaister.net/cgi-bin/start_bot.py